Listening Quotes · Page 62

At the moment I really love listening to the Dave Matthews Band.

— Nancy McKeon

All night, my face next to your mouth, I hold my breath, listening to yours.

— Imtiaz Dharker

“You can talk all you want about freedom of speech, but it's freedom of hearing that counts.”

— Tommy Smothers

“If you start listening, you should find that your heart has know what's up all along.”

— Sophia Amoruso

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

— David Crosby

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted…

— Dimebag Darrell

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.

— Reid Scott

So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.

— Conor Oberst

I am personally not a lover of audiobooks in general, and I am indeed one of those people who don't count listening…

— Emilie Autumn

The same areas which are active in listening to music are also active when you imagine music, and this includes the motor…

— Oliver Sacks

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic…

— Aimee Mann

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that…

— Sydney J. Harris

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the…

— Paul Merton

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only…

— Barbara Bush

A lot of my musical education was done simply by listening. If you really want to excel on your instrument, it's almost…

— David Finckel

The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people…

— Amanda Palmer

The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words…

— Flemming Rose

Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings…

— Stephen Covey

I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ…

— Jay Mohr

Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I've had a lot of comments like 'You'll…

— Madison Keys

This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They dont jump in on your sentences, saving…

— Sarah Dessen

We shouldn’t,” protested Isabelle. “The Clave has a plan.” “The Clave has the collective intelligence of a pineapple,” said Jace. Alec blinked…

— Cassandra Clare

I grew up in a mixed-race family in Bristol. My cousin was this white guy who was interested in Parliament, Marc Bolan,…

— Tricky

When I've had to edit my albums, I'll listen to it one time through, and I'll make edits. I want to remember…

— Tig Notaro

Just because I didn't do what you told me, doesn't mean I wasn't listening to you!

— Hank Ketcham

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.

— Ellie Goulding

If I dare to hear you I will feel you like the sun And grow in your direction.

— Mark Nepo

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

— Frederick William Faber

To be a better listener you have to be less selfish and more curious.

— Anonymous

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.

— Judy Blume

I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.

— Itzhak Perlman

It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.

— Mo Ibrahim

If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense.

— Sue Grafton

I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening.

— Emilie Autumn

“To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

It wasn't until high school, maybe my senior year, when I started listening to Hank Jr.

— Uncle Kracker

I like listening to the whole song. Like my father says, "If you can't pick the whole song, then why are you…

— Alexandra Richards

When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

If you've got time to waste, you might as well waste it listening to people.

— Martin McDonagh

Learn to listen more to what you see, and what you feel rather than to just what you hear.

— Anonymous